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Can anyone help me find a good distro ?
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: WMD ---All my CD-Rs take 703MB. Are yours really 700?
And seriously, give Gentoo a try if you are having this hard a time finding something. How fast is your computer? You could probably do it in one day if it's modern.
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I'll probably try Gentoo one day, but is it really that easy to install ? Everytime I look at the install instructions it seriously discourages me to the point were I don't want to install it anymore. Also, do I really have to print out the install instructions ? I'm not sure I have enough ink in my printer. I don't see why they can't make a simple installer (even a text-based prompt would be nice) for it rather than make me type in hundreds of lines into the shell. Not that I couldn't do that, I just don't think it's practical. (I realise there is a quick install guide ... but it's not too much shorter and it doesn't cover every relevant possibility)
All my CD-Rs are reported at 700 MB (slightly less, actually). My computer specs are:
Processor:
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping : 9
cpu MHz : 2806.505
cache size : 512 KB
bogomips : 5616.26
RAM:
MemTotal: 1033388 kB (~ 1 GB RAM)
HDD:
/dev/hda:
Timing cached reads: 1696 MB in 2.00 seconds = 846.53 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 86 MB in 3.06 seconds = 28.09 MB/sec
I suppose it shouldn't take too long, as long as I type fast.
H_TeXMeX_H:
Well, ok I'm gonna try gentoo again, just cuz I gotta see if there's a difference ... I hope it's worth the time ... here goes nothing ...
H_TeXMeX_H:
I have a question ... is there a significant difference between say i386 compiled packages and i686 compiled ones ? I mean will I notice a difference on my machine (as described above) ?
There are always trade-offs. I was thinking of installing gentoo, but then I read this quote on Distrowatch about Gentoo (it's probably accurate)
--- Quote ---Pros: Painless installation of individual software packages, highly up-to-date, superb documentation, the "geek feeling" of building a distribution tailored to user's needs.
Cons: Long and tedious system installation, occasional instability and risk of breakdown.
--- End quote ---
:( I prefer stability to speed. Maybe there is a balance between stability and speed and compatibility. The most of each.
WMD:
That's the really long install guide you have there. Here's the shorter one: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml
As for stability, the only time mine crashed was from a failing CPU fan.
toadlife:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---I have a question ... is there a significant difference between say i386 compiled packages and i686 compiled ones ? I mean will I notice a difference on my machine (as described above) ?
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In my experience, no. I've compiled an entire FreeBSD system for i386, i686, and even athlon64. Synthetic benchmarks (UNIXBench, ubench) comparisons have never shown a difference to me on my system.
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